udy it below carefully before looking at the examples

We will take examples to illustrate.Let us start with the formula on the left
An important thing to remember: Cross multiply
It means to multiply the numerator of one fraction by the denominator of the other fraction
Examples #1:
25 % of 200 is____
In this problem, of = 200, is = ?, and % = 25
We get:
is/200 = 25/100
Since is in an unknown, you can replace it by y to make the problem more familiar
y/200 = 25/100
Cross multiply to get y 100 = 200 25
y 100 = 5000
Divide 5000 by 100 to get y
Since 5000/100 = 50, y = 50
So, 25 % of 200 is 50
Examples #2:
What number is 2% of 50 ?

This is just another way of saying 2% of 50 is___

So, set up the proportion as example #1:
is/50 = 2/100
Replace is by y and cross multiply to get:
y 100 = 50 2
y 100 = 100
Since 1 100 = 100, y = 1
Therefore, 1 is 2 % of 50
Examples #3:
24% of___ is 36
This time, notice that is = 36, but of is missing
After you set up the formula, you get:
36/of = 24/100
Replace of by y and cross multiply to get:
36/y = 24/100
y 24 = 36 100
y 24 = 3600
Divide 3600 by 24 to get y
3600/24 = 150, y = 150
Therefore, 24 % of 150 is 36
Now, we will take examples to illustrate how to use the formula for percentage on the right
Examples #4:
To use the other formula that says part and whole, just remember the following:

The number after of is always the whole

The number after is is always the part
If I say 25 % of___ is 60, we know that the whole is missing and part = 60
Your proportion will will like this:
60/whole = 25/100
After cross multiplying, we get:
whole 25 = 60 100
whole 25 = 6000
Divide 6000 by 25 to get whole
6000/25 = 240, so whole = 240
Therefore, 25 % of 240 is 60
Examples #5:
___% of 45 is 9
Here whole = 45 and part = 9, but % is missing
We get:
9/45 = %/100
Replacing % by x and cross multiplying gives:
9 100 = 45 x
900 = 45 x
Divide 900 by 45 to get x
900/45 = 20, so x = 20
Here we go!. I hope these formula for percentage were helpful.